The Beatles broke up four decades ago, but the spirit of the Beatles is alive and well. And not just through reissues, movie musicals, radio shows and Cirque du Soleil. The Fab Four are still being reinvented in the recording studio.

Last fall, a group of musicians were at a party in Roslindale. “Seems like everybody here knows some Beatles songs,” the wife of one said. “You guys should make an album.”

The result is “Across Their Universe,” a collection of 19 Beatles titles by 18 local artists. Its release will be marked by a show at Johnny D’s in Somerville on Tuesday featuring performances of almost every track.

Four of the players – including three who remember seeing the Beatles perform on “The Ed Sullivan Show” – sat down together at the Hyde Park home of Curt Naihersey. Mr. Curt, as he’s known, covers “Not a Second Time” on the album, while his band, Pastiche, does “Long, Long, Long.”

“I sent an e-mail to local musicians, saying anybody who wants to contribute can,” said Lowbudget Records owner Tim Casey, who produced the album and contributed versions of “Across the Universe” under his moniker Doctor X and “Within You, Without You” with his band Chillgroove. “But everybody had to do their own recordings and send them in.”

Billy Carl Mancini, half of Bird Mancini, is still amazed that none of the musicians involved chose the same songs to record.

“It really speaks to the Beatles that all of these people chose all different songs,” he said.

Guitarist and bass player Glenn Williams wasn’t sure what song to record.

“But Tim insisted that I do ‘Honey Pie’ on the (ukelele),” he said. “I didn’t know it, but I got my songbook out and a couple of days later, we recorded it.”

Two tunes that stand out, partly because of the audacity of the people who recorded them, are the blues-drenched “Tell Me Why” by the Daly Blues and a truly funny, updated “Revolution No. 9.5” by Chuck U.